Pruning implement



(No Model.)

R. H. DIXON. PRUNING IMPLEMENT.

No. 466.879. Patented Jan. 12,1892.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT HENRY DIXON, OF SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA.

PRUNING IMPLEMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 466,879, dated January12, 1892.

Application filed April l6, l8 9].

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ROBERT HENRY DIXON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Santa Rosa, Sonoma county, State of California, haveinvented an Improvement in Pruning- Shears; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to that class of shears inwhich one of the bladeshasadouble movement to effect what is known as a draw out.

It consists in the novel connection of the blades and handleshereinafter fully described, and specifically pointed out in the claim.

The objects of my invention are to give to one of the bladesa combinedcurve and draw movement with betterleverage, to simplify the generalconstruction, strengthen and steady the parts, and give to the movableblade a more secure and stable bearing.

Referring to the accompanying drawings for a more complete explanationof my invention, Figure 1 is aview of my shears open. Fig. 2 is a viewof the same closed. Fig. 3 is a view of the other side of the shears.

A is one handle, having formed or connected with it the blade B, whichmay ormay not be in the shape of the usual finger.

O is the other handle, the head of which is halved upon the upper end ofhandle A, as shown in Fig. 3, and is pivoted thereto by the bolt 0, thenut o of which may be guarded and held, as usual, by the pawland ratchet0 D is the movable blade. This is pivoted to handle A by a pivot-pin E,passing through one corner of its foot, as shownin Figs. 1 and 2. Thispin may be a. simple screw passing throughtheblade-foot and seated in asocket in the handle. The foot of blade D has an elongated slotd,whichis fitted at its upper end over the head of the pivot-bolt o, and at itslower end it receives the operating pin or stud F, which passes freelythrough the slot d and is seated firmly and fixedly in the handle 0.This pin or stud may bea simple screw. The

slot (Z at its upper portion is curved to play Serial No. 389,220. (Nomodel.)

the pin or stud F, while its upper end'exteuds beyond bolt 0. Now whenthe handles are pressed together, the pin or stud F, moving i11- wardly,travels in slot (Z, and thereby turns the blade D about its pivot-pin E,and at the same time draws it down so that its slot turns upon and alsomoves down on bolt 0 until the upper end of the slot reaches the bolt 0.This position is shown in Fig. 2, and to reach it the bladeD hashadacombinedcurve and draw motion, which is the most effective one. Thisconstruction is further advantageous in that the pin or stud F, beingasimple fixed one, is notliable to work loose, as is the case with amovable pin or bolt,and said pin or stud is simple in construction andreadily placed. The whole movable blade D is also more stable andsecure, having a great and firm bearing on the handle A, so that it isnot liable to twist nor get out of true.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

In pruning-shears, the combination of the handle with its finger-blade,the opposing handle, the bolt pivoting said handles to gether, themovable blade having the elongated slot in its foot, fitting and playingover the boltjoining the two handles, the pivotpiu connecting the footof the blade with the first handle, and the pin or stud fixed in thesecond handle and passing freely through the slot of the movable blade,substantially as herein described. y

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

ROBERT HENRY DIXON.

W itnesses;

W. S. DIXON,

FRED. L. HAVEN.

